Version 03.beta Doesn't Restore Suspended Groups

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Hi guys, thanks for your great work.

I stopped updating Firefox at 28 because the latest beta 02 didn't work on 
sequent versions.
Today I found your latest release and decided to try it with the latest version 
31(and 30.01 and 29 too).

Before updating I manually saved a version in TGM but unfortunately I cannot 
manage to restore such version: only non suspended tab groups are restored and 
without the tab icon and some have their name removed.
Hibernated groups are all restored instead.

Of course I tried to un-suspend all my groups but I have too many and Firefox 
hangs indefinitely when I try.
I cannot hibernate them either as I have already too many.

Any suggestion appreciated.

Thanks

System Info:
What version of TabGroups Manager are you using?
2013.08.21.003
What Operative System are you using? 32 or 64 bits?
Win 8.1 x64 Pro
What version of Firefox are you using?
31
Are you using any other tab extension like Colorfull tabs, Multiple Tab
Handler, TabMix Plus..?
TabMixPlus, Speed Dial FVD

Please provide any additional information below and screens capture if
possible.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by NeverCro...@gmail.com on 31 Aug 2014 at 7:08

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Hi Never, 
Im sorry for the issues, hope you could solve it.
First, I would suggest disabling any special visual theme in case you set one.
Then I would suggest disabling TabMixPlus and rerun Firefox again. Try to 
restore and check if it works. If not I will test whats going on with suspended 
groups and try to reproduce the issue.

Ty for the report.

Original comment by miguelro...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2014 at 9:37

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Hello Miguelro,

I just tried again after having disabled TMP and Classic Theme Restorer too but 
the problem persists.

I use the Classic Theme with Personas but I doubt Personas can create any issue 
but I might be wrong.
I forgot to disable it so let me know if you want me to try without Personas 
too.

Let me also know if you want me to post a list of all my enabled extensions.

Thank you for keeping this extension alive.
I posted another review on Firefox Addons to inform people about the update.

Original comment by NeverCro...@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2014 at 5:56

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Adding an update which could be a new thread so let me know if you want me to 
do that instead.

I managed to hibernate and un-suspend enough groups to be able to save a 
session and update to Firefox 31.
The problem still persists obviously but I personally managed to upgrade.

In Firefox 31 though, restored sessions mix the order of tab-groups at every 
restart, remove the custom name of some groups (always the same ones) even if 
"Automatic Renaming" is disabled and tab-groups icons, inbuilt into TGM or 
custom ones, are always lost too.

Original comment by NeverCro...@gmail.com on 3 Sep 2014 at 10:54

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Further testing and i found out that it is impossible, for me, to suspend any 
group as by next restart of Firefox all suspended groups are gone.

Unless this affects only me it's a big issue.
I thought it happened only because I was  updating 4 Firefox versions in one 
but that is not the case.

Original comment by NeverCro...@gmail.com on 3 Sep 2014 at 6:45

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Do you load all pages in all groups when you load FF?
If so try turning that off in options.
Preferences>tabs> don't load tabs until selected.

I keep 400-500 tabs open in groups but only load the tab when i click on it
or if i want the whole group to load right click and select reload group.
FF runs much better that way.

Original comment by irishban...@gmail.com on 3 Sep 2014 at 8:04

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Hi irishban,

No I don't.

I use BarTab, an extension that does that, with some extra options otherwise I 
wouldn't be able to load all those tabs at the same time.
Besides if that was the problem it should have happened in Fox 28 too where i 
have no issues at all.

I am thinking to revert back to Firefox 28 for now.

Original comment by NeverCro...@gmail.com on 3 Sep 2014 at 8:57

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It works for me under Ubuntu 14.04.
With FF 32.

Would you try the preference 
Preferences>tabs> don't load tabs until selected.
That causes FF not to load all the tabs in a group I would think you could at 
least get a working session in 31 or 32 that way. 

Then restore your backed up TGM session in 28 make sure all groups are not 
suspended.
Save the session then upgrade to 32.

Or you might try disabling BarTab and then exporting TGM session.
Just some ideas to try.

Original comment by irishban...@gmail.com on 4 Sep 2014 at 2:24

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Just to weigh in, I am using FF 31 with beta 003 and restoring suspended groups 
works like a charm for me. I am not using any other tab-related addons - 
perhaps that is the reason.

Original comment by dan...@binau.net on 5 Sep 2014 at 1:05

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Thanks dan it's important people share their experience so we can determine 
which is the culprit.
It must be another extension than since I am still experiencing the problems.

Original comment by NeverCro...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2014 at 1:36

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Ah, sorry - my previous comment may have been misleading.

I thought we were talking about the integration with FF's own session restore, 
e.g. when the browser didn't shut down properly and you click "Restore 
session". This works fine for suspended tabs for me.
However I have just now had to restore a backed-up session from a .tgm2 file, 
and this does not seem to work at all. All my suspended groups are lost, and 
even the active group also. So it does seem like there's a problem here.

Sorry for the confusion.

Original comment by dan...@binau.net on 8 Sep 2014 at 8:30

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@dan all right than so I can stop testing each extension.
I reverted back to Fox 28 for the moment.

Another thing that appears broken is if you try to restore a "Session saved on 
Firefox Exit"
I just get a blank tab: can anyone confirm this please?

Original comment by NeverCro...@gmail.com on 9 Sep 2014 at 1:44

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Yes - as I understand it, what this does is attempt to restore your session 
from one of the .tgm2 files in the \tabgroupsmanagerdata\save_data folder. And 
that does not seem to work. In other words, what you describe is the same as 
what I described in my last comment.

It's quite a problem since you would normally rely on these files for backup. 
For now I am manually backing up the entire profile folder on a regular basis.

Original comment by dan...@binau.net on 9 Sep 2014 at 1:47

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@dan yes but than it shouldn't work in all cases while it does restores 
manually saved sessions (sans the suspended groups of course).

Well I hope the dev guys can sort it out :)

Original comment by NeverCro...@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2014 at 9:09

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I have inspected the .tgm2 files in a text editor, and it seems that the data 
on suspended groups is not even written to the files in the first place. Only 
"Sleeping groups", "Closed groups" and "Browser state" can be found in the 
file. So the problem appears not to be about the restore process, but about how 
the data is saved.
I am only talking about auto-saved files from timers or window close. I have 
not tested with a manually saved session.

Original comment by dan...@binau.net on 11 Sep 2014 at 8:30

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@dan Interesting info.
I am sure devs will find a solution.
I am just glad it's not an incompatibility with other addons as I hate to test 
which is the culprit in those cases (I have too many addons clearly).
It must be something introduced in Fox 29 as 28 works like a charm.

Original comment by NeverCro...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2014 at 6:12

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For me all working great (with TMP enabled)
Firefox 31 / MacOS 10.9.4

On first launch, hibernated groups are missing, on second launch all groups are 
back. Also check if you have Hibernated group checked in TGM Settings / Menu / 
GroupBar Menu.

Just updated from Firefox 19 (yes i can't live without TGM) and happy to see 
this beta 3 for FF 31 ! Keep up and thanks !

Original comment by skre...@gmail.com on 22 Sep 2014 at 2:45

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Update: after a crash of firefox, restoring from autosave timer lost all closed 
/ hibernated groups. Restoring from last saved session restore only 2 openeds 
groups.

Solution: I still have firefox 19, i have launched firefox 19, restored auto 
saved sessions, all groups are back, close FF19 and open firefox 31: all groups 
are back !

Don't see any other bugs yet.

Original comment by skre...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2014 at 9:46

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Same problem here! After manual saving the entire session and restoring the 
session, ALL SUSPENDED GROUPS ARE LOST

STRANGE THING:

When I export the group session with only one active group, the tgm2 file is 
lets say 1000 kb. However, when I activate several of my groups and then export 
the sessionfile, the file becomes several kb smaller in size! The more groups I 
active, and save my session file to tgm2, the smaller the tgm2 file becomes!

I would have expected the opposite, from what comment #15 says, namely he says 
that the problem is in the RESTOREING but in the SAVING of the tgm2 file, where 
suspended groups are not saved)

What a strange weird puzzle!

Original comment by s...@eftegari.com on 11 Feb 2015 at 8:26